Ed FitzGerald Calls for Progress on 50th Anniversary of Equal Pay Act

June 10, 2013

FitzGerald Says Wage Inequality Affects Ohio Families 

Today, Monday, June 10, 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. At that time, women earned only 59 cents on the dollar compared to men. Today, the national average shows women making around 81 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, and only 77 cents on the dollar in Ohio. In response, candidate for governor and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald released the following statement:

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How Ed FitzGerald Restored People’s Trust in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

June 3, 2013

The county executive has been key to helping it bounce back after a massive corruption scandal.  Now he’d like to lead the whole state.

Ed FitzGerald can’t help but laugh as he looks forward to this month’s ribbon-cutting for Cleveland’s new convention center. FitzGerald, the county executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is proud that the $465 million project is opening on time and under budget, but he recalls that not long ago people harbored serious doubts about it. “How about that guy shouting out at the groundbreaking that this would never open?” FitzGerald says. “What took nerve was that he was working on the project.”

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Ed FitzGerald Calls on Governor Kasich to Veto JobsOhio Secrecy Bill

May 31, 2013

FitzGerald Says: “The People’s Money is The People’s Business.”

After a bill that would eliminate any audit or sliver of accountability and transparency of JobsOhio, Governor Kasich’s privatized economic development agency, was rushed through the Legislature one day ago; it is expected to reach the governor’s desk for signature today.

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Ed FitzGerald Supports Marriage Equality

May 28, 2013

FitzGerald Would Be First Ohio Governor in Favor of Full LGBT Equality

In a May interview with Outlook Magazine, gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald discussed his support for full equality, including marriage and ending housing and employment discrimination.  If elected, Ed FitzGerald would be the first governor in the history of the state to support full equality for all Ohioans.

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A closer look at Ed FitzGerald’s FBI career

May 26, 2013

Henry J. Gomez, Northeast Ohio Media Group 

Greater Clevelanders know Ed FitzGerald as the Cuyahoga County executive and former mayor of Lakewood.

But as he introduces himself to all Ohioans as a candidate for governor, FitzGerald gives at least equal billing to his past as an FBI special agent, a job he held for three years in the 1990s. When he invited supporters to his campaign kickoff last month, he emphasized his FBI past without even noting his current role as leader of the state’s most populous county.

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